Lotus F1 returns; Vettel fastest

Lotus F1's Malaysian test driver Fairuz Fauzy gave the team's T127 its first laps in an official Formula One session at Jerez today.

Fauzy initially ran an installation lap and pitted prior to beginning a longer run, during which he has already narrowly pipped Virgin Racing driver Timo Glock's best effort, although Glock has run very few laps.

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Looks like Lotus have the basis of a well designed car to build on. Only four months to engineer it from a blank sheet of paper and it's done over 50 laps straight out of the box. I expect an aero update a few races into the season will see it dipping into the points....

Good to see Massa back and fighting fit. Seems consistently fast . Don't care if Ferrari win or not, but could be entertaining to watch and see if Alonso throws his toys from his big fast red pram this year ?